This document defines key economic terms related to the study of economics. It discusses how economics examines how scarce resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also explains the three elements involved in satisfying wants: human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. Finally, it outlines some of the purposes of economic analysis, including understanding aggregate demand and supply as well as the determinants that shift demand and supply curves.
This document defines key economic terms related to the study of economics. It discusses how economics examines how scarce resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also explains the three elements involved in satisfying wants: human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. Finally, it outlines some of the purposes of economic analysis, including understanding aggregate demand and supply as well as the determinants that shift demand and supply curves.
This document defines key economic terms related to the study of economics. It discusses how economics examines how scarce resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also explains the three elements involved in satisfying wants: human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. Finally, it outlines some of the purposes of economic analysis, including understanding aggregate demand and supply as well as the determinants that shift demand and supply curves.
This document defines key economic terms related to the study of economics. It discusses how economics examines how scarce resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also explains the three elements involved in satisfying wants: human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. Finally, it outlines some of the purposes of economic analysis, including understanding aggregate demand and supply as well as the determinants that shift demand and supply curves.
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Basic Needs mans needs required for his survival.
Business Firm servers as the economys producing unit to
satisfy human wants with goods and services. Capital materials used in the production of goods and service including money. Economic Analysis the process of directing economics relationship by examining economic behavior and events and determining the causa relationship among the data and activities observed. Economic Resources inputs used I the production of goods and services. Economic System the framework in which society decides on its economic problems. Economics a social science concerned with mans problem of issuing scare resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Empirical Validation the use of statistical evidence to prove the validity of a hypothesis. Entrepreneur organizes all other factors of production to be used in the creation of goods and services. Free Enterprise System a system in which all economic resources are privately owned. Individuals are free to engaged in a business of their choice. Function depicts the relationship between two or more variables. Household is the basic consuming unit in the economy. Labor human effort expended in production regarding basic economic problems. Land natural resource, not man-made, covering anything found on or under land, water, forest, minerals, and animals. Luxury Goods good that man can do without. Macroeconomics (National Income Analysis) the branch of economics that studies the economy as a whole. Market context in which buyers and seller buy and sell goods, service, and resources. Microeconomics (Price Theory) the branch of economics that deals with parts of the economy such, as the household and the business firm Normative economics an analysis of economics which deals with what should be. Opportunity Cost value of a foregone alternative of a specific resource. Positive Economics an analysis of economics which deals with what actually is. Right to Private Property the right of private individuals and enterprises to own things of value. Theory/Hypothesis an unproven proposition tentatively accepted to explain certain facts or to provide a basis for further investigation.
Variable a factor that is subject to change or variation.
Wants the various desires and needs of consumers that have to the satisfied through the use of goods and services.
3 ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS OBJECTIVE OF SATISFACTION
Human Wants
Use of Resources
Technique of Production NECESSITATES THE USE OF THE TOOLS OF ECONOMICS PURPOSE OF ECONOMICS ANALYSIS 1.
Aggregate Demand the totality of a group of consumers
demand. Aggregate Supply the totality of group of producers supply. Ceteris paribus the assumption that other things are equal or other things remain the same. Demand reflects the consumers desire for a commodity. Demand Curve a graphical representation of the demand schedule that contains the same prices and quantities presented in the demand schedule. Demand Function shows how quantity demanded is dependent on its determinants. Demand Schedule the quantities of a good consumers are willing to buy at various prices. Directly Proportional means that both variables increase and decrease at the same time. Equilibrium Point point of equality of demand versus supply. Inversely Proportional means that one variable goes up while the other goes down.
Market a place where buyers and sellers interact and engage in
exchange. Movement along the curve a change from one point to another on the same curve. Non-Price Factors also known as parameters; factors other than price that affect demand or supply. Price the value of a good in terms of money. Price Ceiling the maximum limit at which the price of a commodity is set. Price Floor a minimum limit beyond which price of commodity is not allowed to fall. Shift of the curve a change in the entire curve caused by a change in the entire demand or supply schedule. Supply the amount of a commodity available for sale. Supply Function show how quantity supplied is dependent on its determinants. Supply Schedule the quantities producers are willing to offer for sale at various prices. Surplus an excess of supply over the demand and for a good.